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Clarence Austin Gordon 1886 - 1958

Clarence Austin Gordon of Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia was born in 1886 in Ballarat East to William Garner Gordon and Lydia Hooley Gordon. He had siblings William Gordon, William Garner Gordon, Irene Victoria Willmott, Myrtle Gordon, Violet May Gordon, Queenie Gordon, Samuel Garner Gordon, Alice Gordon Joughin, Alice Gordon Schmidt, and Albert Victor Gordon. Clarence Gordon married Violet Richards in 1929, and died at age 71 years old on July 20, 1958 in Ballarat.
Clarence Austin Gordon
Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia
1886
Ballarat East, City of Ballarat County, VIC, 3350, Australia
July 20, 1958
Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC, Australia
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  • 1886

    Birthday

    1886
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    Ballarat East, City of Ballarat County, VIC 3350, Australia
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  • 07/20
    1958

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    July 20, 1958
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia
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    Clarence Austin Gordon lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 72.
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In 1886, in the year that Clarence Austin Gordon was born, on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.
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In 1895, he was only 9 years old when on March 15th, in County Tipperary, Ireland, Michael Cleary killed his wife of 8 years, Bridget, and burned her body. His defense was that his "wife" was a changeling that was left in his real wife's place when she was abducted by fairies. He was nonetheless convicted and imprisoned for manslaughter. He spent 15 years in prison.
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